{"id":3335,"date":"2022-03-10T15:24:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2022-03-10T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:24:22","slug":"nestle-nescafe-deploys-ecostruxure-asset-advisor-to-ensure-always-on-operational-resiliency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/2022\/03\/10\/nestle-nescafe-deploys-ecostruxure-asset-advisor-to-ensure-always-on-operational-resiliency-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nestl\u00e9 Nescaf\u00e9 deploys EcoStruxure Asset Advisor to ensure always-on operational resiliency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EcoStruxure Asset Advisor allow power systems to be visible and remotely managed around the clock, delivering productivity, efficiency and maintenance benefits to Nestl\u00e9\u2019s plant.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nestl\u00e9, the largest food and beverage company in the world, pioneered the concept of soluble coffee – tiny, dark crystals that instantly transform a cup of hot water into a convenient, affordable, day-starting staple for people around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixty percent of Nestl\u00e9\u2019s soluble coffee production comes from a single factory. At the Nestl\u00e9 Nescaf\u00e9 plant in Toluca, Mexico, one million jars of coffee roll off the production lines every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most popular products made here is Nescaf\u00e9 Cl\u00e1sico – \u201cthe coffee that all of Mexico drinks,\u201d according to Luis Gilberto L\u00f3pez P\u00e1ez, Electrical Specialist at the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe factory works 365 days a year,\u201d he continues. \u201cTherefore, an unplanned stoppage impacts the reliability of the processes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can affect what makes it to grocery shelves. With a plant as large as Nestl\u00e9 Nescaf\u00e9, ensuring reliability of all the electrical systems is a particularly involved task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, Nestl\u00e9 invested approximately US$125 million to expand this plant, increasing production by 40% and making it the largest soluble coffee facility in the world. At this scale, even modest gains to energy efficiency and service improvements translate to sizable cost savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving the reliability of the facility\u2019s electrical equipment would deliver the productivity, efficiency and maintenance benefits Nestl\u00e9 sought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, engineers from Nestl\u00e9 Nescaf\u00e9 and Schneider Electric began a pilot project to evaluate the plant\u2019s Digital Transformation using EcoStruxure. This decision to enlist Schneider\u2019s expertise was a natural one, as EcoStruxure solutions are already in place at the food and beverage conglomerate\u2019s production facilities in France and Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From pilot to plant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this pilot phase, EcoStruxure Asset Advisor was implemented in certain sections of the factory to demonstrate the difference between connected and non-connected assets. Three transformers were fitted with PowerLogic Tag Series TH110 wireless temperature sensors, allowing them to communicate with the Asset Advisor service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What took the project from a trial to full implementation was a single disruption in April 2020: a short circuit inside an unmonitored section of the main substation resulted in a 14-hour shutdown, costing Nestl\u00e9 approximately US$588,000. Because this section wasn\u2019t connected, engineers weren\u2019t alerted that equipment was at risk. This was the catalyst in Nestl\u00e9\u2019s decision to utilize Asset Advisor throughout its Nescaf\u00e9 plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implementing Asset Advisor gave Nestl\u00e9 real-time visibility into its electrical equipment, allowing engineers to remotely monitor assets. Prior to Asset Advisor, maintenance was reactive – Nestl\u00e9 hired specialized service providers as needed. Today, through EcoStruxure, Nestl\u00e9 has moved to predictive maintenance; connected services anticipate potential failure, which allows teams to resolve issues proactively to avoid downtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Service continuity is central to Nestl\u00e9\u2019s production goal, but other variables influence the factory\u2019s profitability, like maintenance and the total cost of ownership. To reduce maintenance costs, engineers need to identify the stressed areas in the electrical infrastructure to concentrate service efforts, thereby minimizing the amount of time technicians spend performing preventive maintenance across all assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEcoStruxure Asset Advisor allows us to identify hot spots and attack them before they become a problem,\u201d said P\u00e1ez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By relying on data analytics to dictate service intervals, the electrical teams at Nestl\u00e9 Nescaf\u00e9 spend less time reacting to issues and the plant\u2019s equipment spends more time performing optimally  – helping Nestl\u00e9 achieve its annual target of generating US$238 million in factory production. P\u00e1ez elaborates: \u201cIn addition to avoiding unscheduled stoppages, EcoStruxure Asset Advisor allows us to go from annual to biannual maintenance, which is reflected in the productivity of the plant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first three years of EcoStruxure\u2019s implementation, Schneider\u2019s Connected Services Hub sent a dozen alerts to Nestl\u00e9 about potential or imminent equipment issues. Because of these alerts, engineers were able to react and avoid three unplanned stoppages – disruptions that could cost US$52,000 per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEcoStruxure Asset Advisor allows me to visualize my electrical equipment from the comfort of my home. I can open it from my computer, I can open it from my cell phone. It\u2019s a very practical tool.\u201d P\u00e1ez concludes: \u201cNestl\u00e9 and Schneider Electric have been partners for many years. Schneider knows my needs, and I believe their products have a great place in our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We asked P\u00e1ez further questions to find out more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you explain the advantages brought to you by the increased visibility provided by the solution?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the advantages of remote visibility is it affords our engineers greater scope to solve technical faults ensuring our plant performs optimally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to remote visibility, the team\u2019s maintenance works were purely reactive, and in these scenarios, we become privy to power problems when small issues developed into even bigger faults. This meant having to outsource specialized service providers as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, in April 2020, we experienced a 14-hour shutdown that cost an approximate US$588,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The section in the plant where the outage occurred was not connected, and this meant that engineers weren\u2019t alerted to the risk. Before engineers could address the core of the issue, which may have been a quick fix, the problem had escalated to a full outage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a huge influence in our decision to partner with Schneider Electric to set up Asset Advisor throughout our Nescaf\u00e9 plant. Today, through a connected service like EcoStruxure, we now operate using predictive maintenance and are given the opportunity to anticipate potential failure that our teams can resolve proactively and avoid downtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What benefits are brought to you by the analytics supplied by the solution?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EcoStruxure provides automated data analytics of ongoing operations that flags technical faults of all sizes to our engineers. The typical role of an engineer combines both looking for and solving the problem and through EcoStruxure our engineers work is essentially halved. The problem is bought to them and then they can delegate the necessary time to fixing the fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you explain more about the benefits brought to you by the alerts supplied by Schneider\u2019s Connected Services Hub?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Service continuity is central to our production goal of one million jars of coffee a day in the Toulca plant and in the first three years of EcoStruxure\u2019s implementation, we saw dozens of alerts about potential or imminent equipment issues coming through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These alerts empowered engineers to react quickly and avoid three unplanned stoppages, stoppages that would typically cost US$52,000 per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To reduce maintenance costs, engineers need to identify the stressed areas in the electrical infrastructure thereby minimizing the amount of time technicians spend performing preventive maintenance across all assets. In addition to avoiding unscheduled stoppages, EcoStruxure Asset Advisor allows us to go from annual to biannual maintenance, which is reflected in the productivity of the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the solution has improved service continuity and asset health.               <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the benefits of being able to visualize your electrical equipment from your phone?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conveniently, I am now able to visualize the electrical equipment from the comfort of home through mobile and laptop. It is a very practical tool that gives us an almost omniscient perspective of the electrical infrastructure in our Toluca Mexico plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a huge operation which goes on and we can\u2019t afford for downtime or shortages to interrupt our Business Continuity. Therefore, having access to a visualization of the intricacies of our plant give us the capability to anticipate potential failure, which allows teams to resolve issues proactively and ultimately avoid downtime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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